Daniel arthur berry



No. 607,729. Patented July l9, I898.

D. A. BERRY.

HEEL AND TUE TIP.

(No Model.) (Application filed Sept. 2a, 1897.)

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UNITED STATES FFICE.

PATENT HEEL AND TOE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,729, dated July 19, 1898. Application filed $eptember 23, 1897. Serial No. 652,681. (No model.) Patented in England December 27, 1895, No. 24,784.

Great Britain, No. 24,784, dated December 7 27, 1895,) of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in heel and toe tips, such as are formed of profiled metal bars or strips having a wide and a thin edge, the former serving as the actual wearing-surface and the latter being formed into teeth or spikes as the fastening for the tip.

The objects of this invention are, first, to so profile or section the said bar or strip that when bent to shape the wearing-surface will be level, with the teeth or spikes farther away from the outside edge of the heel or toe, and thus not liable to turn outwardly or otherwise spoil the edge of the heel or toe as heretofore has been the case, and, secondly, to so profile orsection the said bar or strip that it will cover any irregularities which may show in the fill-- in g-piece. I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

Figures 1 and 2 show in perspective, respectively, a piece of tip material before and after being bent. Fig. 3 shows the tip apstrip so that its thin edge or part in which the teeth or spikes a are formed is on one side and the same Will enter the heel or toe farther away from the edge of the heel or toe, and will thus not disfigure the exterior of the heel, as would be the case when formed in the middle.

The side of the bar or strip which forms the inner edge I) of the tip (see Fig. 1) I roll bevel and in thickness slightly less than the outer one, Z2, While the top and bottom surfaces 0 and d I roll slightly concave, so that when bending the bar or strip to shape the said surfaces will become level, as shown in Fig. 2, and the bottom one form a good joint with the heel or toe.

The inner edge 19 is beveled to receive the filling-piece e and fasten the samesecurely upon. the heel without the use of nails, and may be at the top formed with a small flange or fin c to cover any irregularities which may show in the filling-piece.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A heel-tip for boots and shoes comprising the bar or strip bent to conform to the shape of the heel, said bar having a plurality of integral prongs extending from the inner lower edge of the strip, the inner upper edge of the strip having an inwardly-extending flange adapted to overlap the filling-piece to hold it in position, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL ARTHUR BERRY. Witnesses:

ALFRED BOSSHARDT, STANLEY E. BRAMALL. 

